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Section 3010 of RCRA requires any 

person who generates or transports 

regulated waste or who owns or 

operates a facility for the treatment, 

storage, or disposal of regulated waste to 

notify the EPA of their activities, 

including the location and general 

description of activities and the 

regulated wastes handled. The entity is 

then issued an EPA Identification 

number. Entities use the Notification 

Form (EPA Form 8700–12) to notify 

EPA of their hazardous waste activities. 

This form is also known as the 

‘‘Notification’’ form. 

Section 3005 of RCRA requires TSDFs 

to obtain a permit. To obtain the permit, 

the TSDF must submit an application 

describing the facility’s operation. The 

RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit 

Application form (EPA Form 8700–23) 

defines the processes to be used for 

treatment, storage, and disposal of 

hazardous wastes; the design capacity of 

such processes; and the specific 

hazardous wastes to be handled at the 

facility. This form is also known as the 

‘‘Part A’’ form. 

Form Numbers: 8700–12, 8700–13A/

B, and 8700–23. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Business or other for-profit as well as 

State, Local, or Tribal governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory (RCRA Sections 3002, 3304, 

3005, 3010). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

56,800. 

Frequency of response: biennially. 

Total estimated burden: 432,903 

hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $18,404,964 (per 

year), includes $18,153,496 annualized 

labor and $251,468 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: June 11, 2014. 

Cheryl Coleman, 

Acting Director, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9912–46–OAR] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

Four New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of four 

new equivalent methods for monitoring 

ambient air quality. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR part 53, four new 

equivalent methods: One for measuring 

concentrations of nitrogen dioxide 

(NO2), two for measuring ozone (O3) and 

one for measuring concentrations of 

lead (Pb), in the ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Vanderpool, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. Email: Vanderpool.Robert@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR 

part 53, the EPA evaluates various 

methods for monitoring the 

concentrations of those ambient air 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set 

forth in 40 CFR part 50. Monitoring 

methods that are determined to meet 

specific requirements for adequacy are 

designated by the EPA as either 

reference methods or equivalent 

methods (as applicable), thereby 

permitting their use under 40 CFR part 

58 by States and other agencies for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of one new equivalent 

method for measuring nitrogen dioxide 

(NO2), two equivalent methods for 

measuring ozone (O3) and one 

equivalent method for measuring 

concentrations of lead (Pb)in the 

ambient air. These designations are 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on August 31, 2011 

(76 FR 54326–54341). 

The new equivalent method for NO2

is an automated method (analyzer) 

utilizing the principle of Cavity 

Attenuated Phase Shift spectroscopy 

and the calibration procedure specified 

in the operation manual. The newly 

designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQNA–0514–212, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation, 

Model T500U cavity attenuated phase 

shift spectroscopy Nitrogen Dioxide 

Analyzer’’, operated on any full scale 

range between 0–50 ppb and 0–1000 

ppb, with any range mode (Single, Dual, 

or AutoRange), with a sample 

particulate filter, at any operating 

temperature from 5 °C to 40 °C, with the 

following software setting: Temperature 

and Pressure compensation ON; in 

accordance with the associated 

instrument manual, and with or without 

any of the following options: Zero/Span 

valves, internal Zero/Span permeation 

oven (IZS), external communication and 

data monitoring interfaces. 

One new O3 equivalent method is an 

automated monitoring method 

(analyzer) utilizing a measurement 

principle based on based on nondispersive ultraviolet absorption 

photometry. The newly designated 

equivalent method is identified as 

follows: 

EQOA–0514–214, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation, 

Model T204 NOX + O3 Analyzer’’, 

operated on any full scale range 

between 0–100 ppb and 0–500 ppb, at 

any operating temperature from 5 °C to 

40°C, with either a user-or vendorsupplied vacuum pump capable of 

providing an absolute pressure of 10 

inches mercury or less at 3 slpm, in 

accordance with the associated 

instrument manual, and with or without 

any of the following options: Zero/Span 

valves, external communication and 

data monitoring interfaces. 

The application for the equivalent 

method determination for the NO2

candidate method was received by the 

EPA on November 4, 2013 and ozone 

candidate method was received by the 

EPA on January 7, 2014. The analyzer 

models are commercially available from 

the applicant, Teledyne Advanced 

Pollution Instrumentation, 9480 Carroll 

Park Drive, San Diego, CA 92121–2251. 

A second O3 equivalent method is an 

automated monitoring method 

(analyzer) utilizing a measurement 

principle based on non-dispersive 

ultraviolet absorption photometry. The 

designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQOA–0514–215, ‘‘2B Technologies 

Model 211 Scrubberless Ozone 

Monitor,’’ operated in a range of 0–0.5 

ppm in an environment of 20–30 °C, 

with temperature and pressure 

compensation, internal DewLine for 

humidity control, gas phase titration of 

ozone for interference-free 

measurements, using a 1 minute 

average, with a 110–220V AC power 

adapter or a 12V DC source, 8.0 to 12.0 

watt power consumption, operated 

according to the Model 211 Scrubberless 

Ozone Monitor Operation Manual with 

either an external nitric oxide source or 

internal photolytic generator for 

production of NO scrubber gas from 

nitrous oxide, and with or without the 

following: Cigarette lighter adapter or a 

12V DC battery for portable operation, 

external PTFE inlet filter and holder, 


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serial data port with computer cable, 

BNC connector for 0–2.5V or 4–20 mA 

scalable analog output, internal data 

logger, microFlash card for data 

recording and backup, rack mount 

hardware, and long life sample pump. 

The application for an equivalent 

method determination for this candidate 

method was received by the EPA on 

January 14, 2014. The analyzer models 

are commercially available from the 

applicant, 2B Technology, Inc., 2100 

Central Ave., Suite 105, Boulder, CO 

80303. 

The new equivalent method for Pb is 

a manual method that uses the sampling 

procedure specified in the Reference 

Method for the Determination of Lead in 

Suspended Particulate Matter Collected 

From Ambient Air (High-Volume 

Sampler), 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, 

with a different extraction and 

analytical procedure. The method is 

identified as follows: 

EQL–0514–213 ‘‘Determination of 

Lead (PB) on TSP Hi-Volume Filters by 

Microwave Assisted Digestion and Time 

of Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma 

Mass Spectrometry (TOF ICP–MS).’’ In 

this method, total suspended particulate 

matter (TSP) is collected on glass fiber 

filters, using the sampler and procedure 

of the EPA Reference Method for the 

Determination of Suspended Particulate 

Matter in the Atmosphere (High-Volume 

Method) (40 CFR 50, Appendix B). The 

TSP sample is extracted with a solution 

of nitric acid and digested in a 

microwave digestion system at 175ß C 

for 15 minutes, centrifuged for 30 

minutes at 2000 rpm, and brought to a 

final acid concentration of 2–3%. The 

lead content of the sample extract is 

analyzed by Time of Flight Inductively 

Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry 

(TOF ICP–MS), based on EPA SW–846 

Method 6010C. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for this Pb 

method was submitted by South Coast 

Air Quality Management District, 21865 

Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765– 

4182 and was received by the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development on 

May 18, 2012. The method descriptions 

will be available at http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttnamti1/pb-monitoring.html. 

Test monitors representative of these 

methods have been tested in accordance 

with the applicable test procedures 

specified in 40 CFR part 53, as amended 

on August 31, 2011. After reviewing the 

results of those tests and other 

information submitted in the 

applications, EPA has determined, in 

accordance with Part 53, that these 

methods should be designated as 

equivalent methods. 

As designated equivalent methods, 

these methods are acceptable for use by 

states and other air monitoring agencies 

under the requirements of 40 CFR part 

58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. 

For such purposes, the methods must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation or instruction manuals 

associated with the methods and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

(e.g., configuration or operational 

settings) specified in the applicable 

designated descriptions (see the 

identification of the methods above). 

Use of the methods also should be in 

general accordance with the guidance 

and recommendations of applicable 

sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/ 

600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume II, 

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring 

Program’’ EPA–454/B–08–003, 

December, 2008. Provisions concerning 

modification of such methods by users 

are specified under Section 2.8 

(Modifications of Methods by Users) of 

Appendix C to 40 CFR part 58. 

Consistent or repeated noncompliance 

should be reported to: Director, Human 

Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences 

Division (MD–E205–01), National 

Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. 

Designation of these equivalent 

methods is intended to assist the States 

in establishing and operating their air 

quality surveillance systems under 40 

CFR part 58. Questions concerning the 

commercial availability or technical 

aspects of the methods should be 

directed to the applicant. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9912–41–OA] 

Announcement of the Board of 

Directors for the National 

Environmental Education Foundation 

AGENCY: Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Environmental 

Education and Training Foundation 

(doing business as The National 

Environmental Education Foundation or 

NEEF) was created by Section 10 of 

Public Law #101–619, the National 

Environmental Education Act of 1990. It 

is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit 

organization established to promote and 

support education and training as 

necessary tools to further environmental 

protection and sustainable, 

environmentally sound development. It 

provides the common ground upon 

which leaders from business and 

industry, all levels of government, 

public interest groups, and others can 

work cooperatively to expand the reach 

of environmental education and training 

programs beyond the traditional 

classroom. The Foundation promotes 

innovative environmental education 

and training programs such as 

environmental education for medical 

healthcare providers and broadcast 

meteorologists; it also develops 

partnerships with government and other 

organizations to administer projects that 

promote the development of an 

environmentally literal public. The 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, as 

required by the terms of the Act, 

announces the following appointment to 

the National Environmental Education 

Foundation Board of Directors. The 

appointee is David M. Kiser, Ph.D., Vice 

President, Environment, Health, Safety 

and Sustainability, International Paper. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice of 

Appointment, please contact Mr. Brian 

Bond, Senior Advisor to the 

Administrator for Public Engagement, 

U.S. EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information concerning NEEF can be 

found on their Web site at: http://

www.neefusa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Considerations: Great care 

has been taken to assure that this new 

appointee not only has the highest 

degree of expertise and commitment, 

but also brings to the Board diverse 

points of view relating to environmental 

education. This appointment is a fouryear term which may be renewed once 

for an additional four years pending 

successful re-election by the NEEF 

nominating committee. 

This appointee will join the current 

Board members which include: 

Æ Decker Anstrom (NEEF Chairman) 

Former U.S. Ambassador, Retired 

Chairman, The Weather Channel 

Companies. 

Æ Trish Silber (NEEF Vice Chair) 

President, Aliniad Consulting Partners, 

Inc. 


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